Whether you're looking to prevent osteoporosis or to relieve pain from an existing bone condition or fracture, gentle twisting poses and stretches can be beneficial.
"I know [yoga] can help because I've done the studies," Fishman, who has done extensive research on yoga and osteoporosis, told Huff/Post50 in a previous interview. Referring to a study involving adults with an average age of 68, he said, "We did a bone mineral density (DEXA) scan, then we taught half of them the yoga, waited two years, and did another scan. And not only did these people not lose bone, they gained bone. The ones who didn't do the yoga lost a little bone, as you would expect." Excerpt from HuffingtonPost article " Yoga For Older Adults: 5 Health Benefits Of The Practice For Post50s " Full article can be found at
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/20/yoga-older-adults_n_3268482.html
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Come join my Yoga for Boomers and Beyond classes on Thursdays from 10:30 - 11:30 am at the Hingham Community Center, 70 South Street, Hingham. There is a $10 drop in fee. Classes are open to South Shore Residents. Hope to see you there. Even if you think you're too stiff or too old to give yoga a try - start where you are and move on from there.
Its never to late to start making improvements to your bone health. Every Boomer can fight back from the inevitable affects of aging. Don't surrender - keep moving.
